Photoshop Lightroom The Complete Manual

Learn how to improve both your photography and photo editing skills! Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a must-have program for photographers both amateur and professional. It’s vast range of features and added extras are head and shoulders above the competition; but despite its expansive image editing capabilities, it’s still a friendly and easy to use program. There’s plenty here to sink your teeth into and with the help of this book you can unleash the power of Lightroom and your imagination to create some spectacular photos. 100% unofficial.

The Complete Photoshop Lightroom Manual • Welcome to one of the most powerful photo processing programs around!

Lightroom Updates and Improvements • Lightroom recently underwent a major update for the latest iteration of the software. Both the desktop version and the mobile version shared the same major advancement in its toolset. Until now, the updates have been fairly minor, with a few tweaks to tools and ongoing bug fixes. The latest release heralded changes that are worthy of a deep dive into them to see what they are all about. Let’s kick off with some of the minor updates first, then we'll look at the good stuff.

Do More With Masking • The most recent update of Lightroom Classic and Lightroom has added many new features and you now have even more editing capabilities at your fingertips. A number of features that debuted in Photoshop have been implemented here as well. Read on to find out more.

New Masking Tools Workflow • So now you know more about the Masking functions that have been implemented in Lightroom, here you can see it in action as we walk you through some of the main features that you can easily incorporate into your daily editing routine.

Lightroom Tips and Tricks • We know that Lightroom, in its various forms, is a vast and multi-faceted tool. It’s no surprise then that there are any number of hidden tricks and tips, that can expand and enhance your workflow experience. We have a few tricks we can share with you to help you on your way. They are very simple, but as you may have already surmised when using Lightroom, the simple ones are often the most useful and the most powerful.

Get More Out of Your Photos • When processing an image in Lightroom, half the battle is knowing enough about the many tools on offer to help you extract as much detail from your photos as possible. In the following section we show you just a few of those essential tips to help you along.

Striking Image Conversions • Lightroom offers some impressive results from very little effort on the part of the user. The conversion from the before image to the after image took just ten minutes and a few clicks of the Mouse button. Read on and we’ll show you how.

Get Started with Lightroom Classic • Before we start looking at organising, editing and publishing photos, let’s take a moment to understand what Adobe Lightroom is all about; how it differs from Photoshop, how you download and install it and how you get started with importing your photos into the app for processing. Your journey starts here!

The History of Lightroom • Let’s take a closer look at the development of Adobe’s specialist app for photographers, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Lightroom Versus Photoshop • At some point in your digital image editing life you’re going to face the question: Lightroom or Photoshop? It’s not always an easy answer though as it depends on what it is you want to achieve. Both are heavyweights in the photographer’s toolbox, but which is right for you?

Shooting in Raw Mode • To get the best out of your digital images with Adobe Lightroom, you should always shoot in Raw Mode.

Importing Photos for the First Time • Before editing and improving your photos with Lightroom Classic, you need to import them into the program’s database. Depending on the size...